Compact



March so, 1948. CASAUNQ 2,438,841

COMPACT Filed Dec. 12, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 JII March 30, 1948. J.CASYALINO .COMPACT Filed Dec. 12, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fig 6 @5819INVENTOR Gama/m0 TTORNE'YS I Patented Mar. 30, 1948 COMPACT JosephCasalino, Forest Hills Gardens, N. Y., as-

signor to Nuvoplas Corporation, New York, N. Y., a corporation of NewYork Application December 12, 1944, Serial No..567,805

This invention relates to a ladys compact and has for its primary objecta compact which can be plastic molded and hence manufactured withrelative ease in large quantities at moderate cost. Other particularobjects and advantages exhibited 7 Claims. (Cl, 132-83) by the preferredform of the invention are to provide such a compact effectively sealedagainst powder leakage and having a simple, easily operated double lockof the snap type. Still other objects and advantages will appearhereinafter.

The invention in brief comprises a compact composed of a container, alid, and a main cover, each of which can be readily molded of plasticmaterial and easily assembled, as will be better understood from thefollowing description and the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 isa top plan view of a compact representing a preferred form of theinvention, with a portion of the cover and lid cut away to illustratethe lock mechanism;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view;

Fig. 3 is a cross-section along the line III--III of Fig. 2 when thecompact is closed;

Fig, 4 is a cross-section along the line III--III of Fig. 2 when thecompact is open;

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the main cover;

Fig. 6 is a top plan View of the container;

Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view of the lid; and

Fig. 8 is a cross-section, along the line VIII- VIII of Fig. 6, on anenlarged scale.

In general, the compact comprises three main elements, consisting of abase or container I, whichincludes the powder compartment, a lid 2 forsuch compartment, and a main or outside cover 3.

In this preferred form, the container I has integral hinge knuckles 4, 5and 6 suitably located at and projecting outwardly from its rear wall,each knuckle having a hinge-pin hole I. In the front wall of container Iare formed two recesses, one within the other; that is to say there is ashallow recess and a deeper, central recess opening from it. The shallowrecess is bounded by the flat side walls 9 and the curved walls I0; andthe deeper, central recess is bounded by the fiat side walls I I and thecurved wall I2. A cavity or reservoir I3 is provided as a powder storagespace; and surrounding cavity I3, and on an intermediate step or land I4is an upstanding tongue I5, the top of the tongue being located somewhatbelow the top surface I6 of the container.

The lid 2 is formed with outwardly and downwardly projecting knuckles I1and I8 at the rear and a curved downwardly projecting resilient tab 19at the front, each of the knuckles having a transparent material such aslucite.

hinge-pin hole 28. A groove 2|, complementary to the tongue l5 ofcontainer I, is formed in the underside of lid 2, and in the shallowcavity 23 is a mirror 22 suitably secured as by bezel ring 24.

The cover 3 is formed at the rear with a pair of downwardly projectinghinge knuckles 25 and 26, eachknuckle having a hinge-pin hole 21. At itsfront, the cover is formed with a downwardly projecting resilientdepending tab 28, curved on its inner side as at 29. A mirror 30 may bemounted in a cavity 3| formed in the underside of the cover and suitablysecured in place, as by a bezel ring 32.

As will be apparent from the drawings, the three major elements,comprising container, lid and cover, are assembled by meshing theirrespective hinge knuckles and inserting a hinge-pin 8,

the lid knuckles I1 and I8 being spaced to enter between the containerknuckles 4, 5 and 6 and the cover knuckles 25 and 26 being spaced toembrace all of the other knuckles. Due to the greater dimension of thecover, from front to rear, it overlies and entirely conceals the hinge(see Fig. 1). Also, it will be observed, the hinge is protected againstentanglement with the sundry other objects to be found in the purse orhandbag where it is usually carried.

When closed, the lid 2 seats closely upon the "land I4, with its groove2| fitting over the tongue I5 and with its upper surface substantiallyflush with but slightly above the top surface it of the container. Inthis position, and the powder compartment well sealed, the lid is lockedby the snap-engagement of tab I9 over the wall l2 of the deeper recess.The container wall, it will be noted, is recessed at 33 and 34, betweenthe container hinge knuckles (Fig. 6) to accommodate the shank portionsof hinge knuckles I! and I 8.

Upon closure of cover 3, a still further seal and lock is efiected byreason of the fact that the inner surface 35 of the cover bears upon theback or top of the lid 2 (see Fig. 3) and is locked in this position bythe snap-engagement of its tab 28 over the curved wall portions ID ofthe container.

While certain of the features of the invention can be otherwiseachieved, it will be recognized that the construction lends itselfparticularly well to plastic molding; and, in a preferred form of theinvention, the cover, at least, is made of a In this form thecovermirror 30 can be faced outwardly,

'or it can be a double mirror, so that one face is available for usewithout requiring the compact to be opened. As usual in two-mirrorcompacts,

1,798,620 Metcalf Mar. 31, 1931 m 6 Name Date Kasdan et a1 June 21, 1932DeSwart Nov. 7, 1944 DePasquale et a1. Dec. 26, 1944 FOREIGN PATENTSCountry Date Germany Aug. 14, 1936

